Walmart semi-truck knocks down cable line on Elk St, Oil City PA


A Walmart semi-truck drove near Elk Street and knocked down a telephone or cable wire. This caused a minor obstruction on the roadway. Police are trying to stop the truck to get driver information. No immediate danger was reported.
Audio|Source: Venango County Police, Fire, and EMS
02:52
Transcript:
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17 other patrol units.
00:01
There is going to be a Walmart tractor trailer coming up. All right, if somebody could stop that, get his information. He took a line down either in the 11 or a 1,200 block of Elk.
00:14
Anyone copy?
00:25
17, he said that was 1,100 block of L, semi-tenth down the line, correct?
00:32
But when you patrol unit to stop that semi-truck to get his information, he is currently on Alder Street headed towards 13th.
00:45
2-8, copy, working on his vehicle, locked.
00:51
I copy drank it out.
01:08
20219. Can you check the 10 and the 1100 block of Elk Street, see if what wires are down that he possibly took down? We got told by another person driving behind him.
01:20
Then we sent him down 12th Street to the left on Otter,
01:25
headed towards West on 13th.
01:34
219, 207. I'm in the 1200 block of Liberty in place for the race.
01:41
Alright, you're up 220.
01:42
Hi.
01:52
We just got told where the wire's down. I'm going to head down to the wire right now. If you can go try and stop the truck and get his information on a Walmart,
01:59
semi-trailer.
02:07
207. I'm with the wire right now. It looks like near Hale Street.
02:33
207, I got the wire.
02:35
You don't need to come down here. All right, I'm just, just got past the courthouse.
02:43
I just wasn't sure what kind of a wire it was, because people kept coming up and saying a wire was down from the semi-truck.
02:49
No, it's good, it's just a telephone or cable line.
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Location mentioned:
Elk St, Oil City, PA 16301
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